First published in 1971. The book examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian fiction. It considers the different types of working men and women who appear in fiction, the environments they are shown to inhabit, and the use of phonetics to indicate the sound of working class voices. Evidence is drawn from a wide range of major and minor fiction, and new light is cast on Dickens, Mrs Gaskell, Charles Kingsley, George Gissing, Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Morrison. This book would be of interest to students of literature, sociology and history.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket complete in a clear protective sleeve. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's details on ffep. Frontis plate. Plates. 310 pages clean and tight. Surprisingly, this book is the first study of its kind ever published; and the first since 1903 to explore the relationship between working class fiction and Victorian society. Dr Keating examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian fiction. He considers the different types of working men and women who appear in fiction, the environments they are shown to inhabit, and the use of phonetics to indicate the sound of working class voices. Evidence is drawn from a wide range of major and minor fiction, and new light is cast on writers such as Dickens, Mrs Gaskell, Charles Kingsley, George Gissing, Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Morrison. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 133350
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